Rare coding variants in CHRNB3 associate with reduced daily cigarette smoking across ancestries

V Veera M. Rajagopal A Andrey Ziyatdinov T Tyler Joseph A Ariane Ayer M Mohsin Ahmed J Joelle Mbatchou Y Yuxin Zou A Amelia J. Averitt N Nilanjana Banerjee M Michael Cantor J Jason M. Torres E Esteban Chen J Jennifer Rico Varela A Adolfo Ferrando A Andrew Deubler L Luca A. Lotta J John D. Overton J Jeffrey G. Reid A Alan Shuldiner K Katherine Siminovitch J Jason Portnoy M Marcus B. Jones L Lyndon Mitnaul A Alison Fenney M Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira M Maya Ghoussaini M Mona Nafde W William Salerno C Cristen J. Willer L Lourdes Crane C Christina Beechert E Erin Fuller L Laura M. Cremona E Eugene Kalyuskin H Hang Du C Caitlin Forsythe Z Zhenhua Gu K Kristy Guevara M Michael Lattari A Alexander Lopez K Kia Manoochehri P Prathyusha Challa M Manasi Pradhan R Raymond Reynoso R Ricardo Schiavo M Maria Sotiropoulos Padilla C Chenggu Wang S Sarah E. Wolf M Manan Goyal G George Mitra S Sanjay Sreeram R Rouel Lanche V Vrushali Mahajan S Sai Lakshmi Vasireddy G Gisu Eom K Krishna Pawan Punuru S Sujit Gokhale B Benjamin Sultan P Pooja Mule M Mudasar Sarwar M Muhammad Aqeel X Xiaodong Bai L Lance Zhang S Sean O’Keeffe R Razvan Panea E Evan Edelstein A Ayesha Rasool E Evan K. Maxwell B Boris Boutkov A Alexander Gorovits J Ju Guan L Lukas Habegger A Alicia Hawes O Olga Krasheninina S Samantha Zarate A Adam J. Mansfield J Joshua Backman K Kathy Burch A Adrian Campos L Liron Ganel S Sheila Gaynor B Benjamin Geraghty A Arkopravo Ghosh S Salvador Romero Martinez C Christopher Gillies L Lauren Gurski E Eric Jorgenson M Michael Kessler J Jack Kosmicki A Adam Locke P Priyanka Nakka K Karl Landheer O Olivier Delaneau A Anthony Marcketta A Arden Moscati A Anita Pandit J Jonathan Ross C Carlo Sidore E Eli Stahl T Timothy Thornton S Sailaja Vedantam R Rujin Wang K Kuan-Han Wu B Bin Ye B Blair Zhang J Jingning Zhang K Kyoko Watanabe M Mira Tang F Frank Wendt S Suganthi Balasubramanian S Suying Bao K Kathie Sun C Chuanyi Zhang S Sean Yu A Aaron Zhang D David Corrigan D Dhruv Shidhaye C Chen Wang K Keyrun Adhikari A Alexander Lachmann B Brian Hobbs J Jon Silver W William Palmer R Rita Guerreiro A Amit Joshi (Sr. Specialist, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan, India) A Antoine Baldassari S Sarah Graham E Ernst Mayerhofer E Erola Pairo Castineira M Mary Haas N Niek Verweij G George Hindy J Jonas Bovijn T Tanima De L Luanluan Sun O Olukayode Sosina A Arthur Gilly P Peter Dornbos J Juan Rodriguez-Flores M Moeen Riaz M Manav Kapoor G Gannie Tzoneva M Momodou W. Jallow A Anna Alkelai V Veera Rajagopal S Sahar Gelfman V Vijay Kumar J Jacqueline Otto J Jose Bras S Silvia Alvarez J Jessie Brown H Hossein Khiabanian J Joana Revez K Kimberly Skead V Valentina Zavala J Jae Soon Sul L Lei Chen S Sam Choi A Amy Damask N Nan Lin C Charles Paulding S Sameer Malhotra J Joseph Herman M Michelle G. LeBlanc N Nadia Rana J Jennifer Rico-Varela J Jaimee Hernandez L Larizbeth Romero A Ashley Paynter R Randi Schwartz J Jody Hankins A Anna Han S Samuel Hart R Ryan Smith A Ann Perez-Beals G Gina Solari J Johannie Rivera-Picart M Michelle Pagan S Sunilbe Siceron M Marcus Jones J John Overton O Olivier Harari L Luca Lotta G Gonçalo Abecasis A Aris Baras J Jaime Berumen P Pablo Kuri-Morales J Jesús Alegre-Díaz R Roberto Tapia-Conyer R Rory Collins J Jonathan R. Emberson J Jonathan Marchini G Giovanni Coppola

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published February 24, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (193)

V

Veera M. Rajagopal

A

Andrey Ziyatdinov

T

Tyler Joseph

A

Ariane Ayer

M

Mohsin Ahmed

J

Joelle Mbatchou

Y

Yuxin Zou

A

Amelia J. Averitt

N

Nilanjana Banerjee

M

Michael Cantor

J

Jason M. Torres

E

Esteban Chen

J

Jennifer Rico Varela

A

Adolfo Ferrando

A

Andrew Deubler

L

Luca A. Lotta

J

John D. Overton

J

Jeffrey G. Reid

A

Alan Shuldiner

K

Katherine Siminovitch

J

Jason Portnoy

M

Marcus B. Jones

L

Lyndon Mitnaul

A

Alison Fenney

M

Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira

M

Maya Ghoussaini

M

Mona Nafde

W

William Salerno

C

Cristen J. Willer

L

Lourdes Crane

C

Christina Beechert

E

Erin Fuller

L

Laura M. Cremona

E

Eugene Kalyuskin

H

Hang Du

C

Caitlin Forsythe

Z

Zhenhua Gu

K

Kristy Guevara

M

Michael Lattari

A

Alexander Lopez

K

Kia Manoochehri

P

Prathyusha Challa

M

Manasi Pradhan

R

Raymond Reynoso

R

Ricardo Schiavo

M

Maria Sotiropoulos Padilla

C

Chenggu Wang

S

Sarah E. Wolf

M

Manan Goyal

G

George Mitra

S

Sanjay Sreeram

R

Rouel Lanche

V

Vrushali Mahajan

S

Sai Lakshmi Vasireddy

G

Gisu Eom

K

Krishna Pawan Punuru

S

Sujit Gokhale

B

Benjamin Sultan

P

Pooja Mule

M

Mudasar Sarwar

M

Muhammad Aqeel

X

Xiaodong Bai

L

Lance Zhang

S

Sean O’Keeffe

R

Razvan Panea

E

Evan Edelstein

A

Ayesha Rasool

E

Evan K. Maxwell

B

Boris Boutkov

A

Alexander Gorovits

J

Ju Guan

L

Lukas Habegger

A

Alicia Hawes

O

Olga Krasheninina

S

Samantha Zarate

A

Adam J. Mansfield

J

Joshua Backman

K

Kathy Burch

A

Adrian Campos

L

Liron Ganel

S

Sheila Gaynor

B

Benjamin Geraghty

A

Arkopravo Ghosh

S

Salvador Romero Martinez

C

Christopher Gillies

L

Lauren Gurski

E

Eric Jorgenson

M

Michael Kessler

J

Jack Kosmicki

A

Adam Locke

P

Priyanka Nakka

K

Karl Landheer

O

Olivier Delaneau

A

Anthony Marcketta

A

Arden Moscati

A

Anita Pandit

J

Jonathan Ross

C

Carlo Sidore

E

Eli Stahl

T

Timothy Thornton

S

Sailaja Vedantam

R

Rujin Wang

K

Kuan-Han Wu

B

Bin Ye

B

Blair Zhang

J

Jingning Zhang

K

Kyoko Watanabe

M

Mira Tang

F

Frank Wendt

S

Suganthi Balasubramanian

S

Suying Bao

K

Kathie Sun

C

Chuanyi Zhang

S

Sean Yu

A

Aaron Zhang

D

David Corrigan

D

Dhruv Shidhaye

C

Chen Wang

K

Keyrun Adhikari

A

Alexander Lachmann

B

Brian Hobbs

J

Jon Silver

W

William Palmer

R

Rita Guerreiro

A

Amit Joshi

Sr. Specialist, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan, India

A

Antoine Baldassari

S

Sarah Graham

E

Ernst Mayerhofer

E

Erola Pairo Castineira

M

Mary Haas

N

Niek Verweij

G

George Hindy

J

Jonas Bovijn

T

Tanima De

L

Luanluan Sun

O

Olukayode Sosina

A

Arthur Gilly

P

Peter Dornbos

J

Juan Rodriguez-Flores

M

Moeen Riaz

M

Manav Kapoor

G

Gannie Tzoneva

M

Momodou W. Jallow

A

Anna Alkelai

V

Veera Rajagopal

S

Sahar Gelfman

V

Vijay Kumar

J

Jacqueline Otto

J

Jose Bras

S

Silvia Alvarez

J

Jessie Brown

H

Hossein Khiabanian

J

Joana Revez

K

Kimberly Skead

V

Valentina Zavala

J

Jae Soon Sul

L

Lei Chen

S

Sam Choi

A

Amy Damask

N

Nan Lin

C

Charles Paulding

S

Sameer Malhotra

J

Joseph Herman

M

Michelle G. LeBlanc

N

Nadia Rana

J

Jennifer Rico-Varela

J

Jaimee Hernandez

L

Larizbeth Romero

A

Ashley Paynter

R

Randi Schwartz

J

Jody Hankins

A

Anna Han

S

Samuel Hart

R

Ryan Smith

A

Ann Perez-Beals

G

Gina Solari

J

Johannie Rivera-Picart

M

Michelle Pagan

S

Sunilbe Siceron

M

Marcus Jones

J

John Overton

O

Olivier Harari

L

Luca Lotta

G

Gonçalo Abecasis

A

Aris Baras

J

Jaime Berumen

P

Pablo Kuri-Morales

J

Jesús Alegre-Díaz

R

Roberto Tapia-Conyer

R

Rory Collins

J

Jonathan R. Emberson

J

Jonathan Marchini

G

Giovanni Coppola